There is no Merdeka from the 1MDB scandal

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Ramasamy: “No selective prosecution; Najib got what he deserved”

PENANG deputy chief minister II Dr P. Ramasamy said he does not think selective prosecution was made against former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, and neither was there a miscarriage of justice.

The DAP lawmaker was responding to the Datuk Zaid Ibrahim-penned “There is no Merdeka from the 1MDB scandal” op-ed yesterday (Aug 31) where the lawyer expressed his sadness that Najib did not get a fair trial and that “justice was denied to him”.

“While Zaid is entitled to his opinion – however indefensible it is – I need to take umbrage to his central argument that Najib did not get a fair trial and that there was a miscarriage of justice,” Ramasamy said.

He said for Zaid, Najib’s generosity to the poor was branded bribery of the populace, while his 1Malaysia model was pushed back by the right-wing thinking of Mahathirism in UMNO.

“[However] I don’t think that there was selective prosecution against Najib and neither was there a terrible miscarriage of justice against him,” the Perai assemblyperson opined.

“Najib got what he deserved. It was not a political decision but a decision made by the highest court in the country and his conviction was unanimously declared by the Federal Court.

“The fact that others have been arrested and charged is poor defence of Najib’s ‘selective prosecution’ and whether Zaid accepts it or not Najib as the former prime minister was the key figure in the embezzlement of funds belonging to 1MDB.”

Ramasamy further noted that whether Zaid accepts it or not, Najib as the former prime minister was the “key figure” in the embezzlement of 1MDB funds and that “without his approval or consent there was no way others could have been involved”.

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